Electrolytic cell.



PATENTED AUG. 18

G. G. LANDI. ELEGTROLYTIG CELL. APPLCATION FILED SEPT. 17,1907.

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No. 896,555. specificati@ of Letters Patent; Patented aug. is, i908. A

Application filed September 17, 1907. Serial No. 393,359. .i

To all 'whom/ft may concern: extend between said side members and be Be it known that I,--Gii.iinirr C. LANDIS', a clamped in position by the topmembersvb. 'citizen of the United States, residing in York, By4 reason of the construction i of the` Pennsylvania, have invented certain lmgrooves abovementionech itis possible to provenieiits in Electrolytic Cells, .of which support in each one of the units B two plates 60 the following is a specification. or. groups'of plates C, of which one comes in One object of my invention is to so concontact with one of the members b and prostruct and arrange thev elements of a cell parjects to within a shortA distance of the secon( ticularly designed for the electrolytic manu-` member b, while the second plate or group of io facture of chlorates as will permit their ready plates C .extends from contact with this sec- 65 assembling orrenioval and also permit ofthe ond member b to within a short distance of capacity of a cell being conveniently inthe member b with which the first plate orl creased or diminished as desired.' group of plates C contacts. As a result, lt is further wished to provide an electro.- when a number of units B are mounted side l5. lyticcell whicli,wliile being efficient in action, l yby side in the` tankA, vas shown in Fig. 2, 70 'shall be relatively inexpensive to construct 1 there is provided a cell having a number of and maintain, as well as simple and durable.' electrodes alternately projecting from the T liese objects and other advantageous top and bottom of the structure so as to form ends l attain as hereinafter set forth, refera series of baflie plates arranged to cause the ence being had to the accompanying drawcurrent of liquid flowing from the inlet to 75 ings, in which the outlet a5 to take a circiiitous course Figure 1, is a plan of 'my improved cell, through the tank.

illustrating the top portions of certainof the Conductors b and b are connected to any elements as broken away to show their dedesired form of terminals, respectively attail construction; Fig. 2, is a vertical section taclicd to the endmost plates within the con- S0 taken on the line 2-2, Fig. l gFig. 3, is a vertainer, and as is well know-n in'theait, under tical section taken on the line 3-3, Fig. 2, operating conditions the intermediate platesv and Fig. 4, is a' fragmentary perspective view C and Cfthough not electrically connected' illustrating the detail construction of one of with the terminals d2 and-d3 by solid conl the elements. ductors, none the less serve as electrodes. g5

In the above drawings, A represents the It will further be noted that when a number containing tank for .the cell, having sides a', of the units B are assembled within the conends a', and a bottom section a2; the sides ltainer, their top members b form aioniplete and ends'being held togetherby transverse cover for the cell, and in order to permit the bolts t3 extending across said ends. The esca e of any gas which may be formed dur 9G tank is provided an inlet a* and an outing t e o eration of the cell, I provide these f.

top inem ers with `one or more openings 2.

let a5, and whilepreferably made-as shown, 'may have its construction varied as desired, t is obvious that with this arrangement o inasmuch as these detail features constitute 40 no part ofmy present invention., Within the container or pank A are placed a number of sets of elemen s, each set being construct-- ed as a unit, complete in itself and interchangeable with any of the others. lt willv be seen that inthe present instance eachunit consists of a rectangular frame B having top I claim z-a members b and side. members b. Each side 1. The combination in an electrolytic cell tending of a container havinga number of removab e parts, it is a comparatively simple matter to remove or replace any of the units when this 95 -is desirable for any reason, and it is also possible to provide cells` having any. desire capacity merely by varying the length ofthe tank and 'the number of units employed member has two longitudinally eX grooves formed in one of its faces and proframes, each frame being provided with a jecting from opposite ends parallel with each plurality of plates extending parallel-t0 each 105 other, and each having one-end and its sides other to points adjacent to the otherends of f .in engagement with the frame, while having said member.

Plates C- andC, preerably ofelectrolytic its other end spaced away from the frame.. 2: An electrolytic cell. consisting of a congraphite, are mounted in the grooves 'of e side members, as illustrated in Fig. 4,' so as l tainer having a. number of interchangeable 11e electricl circuit'. v l

3. .AnLel'ectrolytic cell consisting of a com tainer having an inlet and an outlet, and a plurality orectangular frames Within said container, each of said frames having its side members longitudinali* rooved, with electrodes of carbonaceous material mounted in said grooves, each of said electrodes being embraced on three sides b the vframe butlhav' 4 its ourth side terminated somedistance rom the frame.

In testimony'whereo', I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing wltnesses.

GILBERT C. LANDIS. Witnesses: f

SAML; F,- GREGORY, Crus. A. KNAUFF.

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